Improvement in panel-fastenings for stoves



G. S. STANARD. Panel-Fastening for Stoves.

No. 197,573. 'Y Patented Nov. 27, 1877.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

GAYLORl) S. STANARD, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO JEWETT & ROOT, OFSAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN PANEL-FA-STENINGS FOR STOVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 197,573, dated November27, 1877 application filed v November 1, 1877.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, GAYLORD S. STAN- ARD, of the city of Bualo, in thecounty of Erie and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Panel-Fastenings for Stoves, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanynng drawing.

My invention relates to a device for securing plated panels or otherarticles to a stovev in such manner that they can be easily detachedwhen the stove is required to be blackened, and as readily be replacedwhen this is accomplished, thereby preventing the soiling of the panelsor ornaments, and facilitating the blackening of the stove.

My invention consists in providing the body ofthe stove with arecess ofpeculiar construction, in which the nut of a screw-bolt is received andheld against turning, the screw-bolt passing through the panel, andhaving on the outside of the panel a suitable head, so that by turningthe bolt in the proper direction the panel is released, when, by aslight upward movement of thepanel, the screw-nut is with drawn from therecess, and the panel detached from the stove.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure lis an elevation of a section ofthe'body of the stove with the panel secured thereto. Fig. 2 is asimilar View with the panel removed and the screw-bolt in section. Fig.8 is a vertical section in line xx, Fig. l. Fig. 4 is ahorizontalsection in line yy of Fig. l.

Like letters of reference designate like parts in each of the figures.

A represents a section or plate of the stove, and B a panel-ornament orother article secured thereto. C represents the recess or socket formedin the plate A, and d the screwbolt by which the panel B is secured inplace. The upper portion of the recess O is made suficientl y large toadmit the nut c of the screwbolt d, while the lower portion of therecess is provided with two projecting lips orshoulders, f f, leavingbetween them a vertical slot,

through which the bouc passes. 'gis the head of the screw-bolt,constructed so as to be `readily turned bypa screw-driver, wrench, or

other suitable implement. h are projecting ribs or stops formed on theplate A, so as to engage in corresponding grooves on the inner side ofthe panel for the purpose of facilitating the proper adjustment of thepanel.

In order to apply the panel to the stove, the bolt d is passed throughthe panel, with itsv head 011 the outside thereof, and the screw-nut cis applied to the end of the bolt. The panel is then placed against thestove in such inanner that the nut c passes into the upper portion ofthe recess C, when, by a slight downward movement of the panel, the boltd will enter the slot between the lips f f, and the screw-nut c willengage behind the latter and rest on the bottom of the recess C, whilethe panel itself will engage over the stops h, thereby preventing anyfurther movement or displacement ofthe panel. Upon turning the bolt d,by means of a suitable screw-driver or wrench applied to the head of thebolt, the latter is tightened and the panel rmly secured in place. If itis desired to detach the panel from ,the stove, the screw-bolt disreleased, wl1en,.by raising the panel, the screw-nut c is disengagedfrom the lips f f of the recess,

thereby unfastening the panel.

My improved fastening is simple and cheap of construction and reliablein its operation; and, as itis almost entirely hidden' from view, itdoes not injure the appearance of the ornament or panel to which it isapplied.

I claim as my invention- `The combination, with the panel or ornai mentB, of the plate A, provided with recess C,- having lips f f andscrew-bolt d, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore setforth.

l GAYLOED s. sTANAEn.

Witnesses: j

JN0. J. BONNER, C. J. BUCHHEIT.

